Engineering Project Management Principal, F-- Level 6

Position: Engineering Project Management Principal, F-16 - Level 6
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* Description:

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* ** What You Will Be Doing:*
* You will be accountable for overall engineering technical, cost, and schedule performance for F 16 engineering efforts within the Integrated Fighter Group  IFG  across multiple programs, major program segments, and strategic engineering initiatives, while leading and developing a small team of Project Engineers responsible for execution across critical program areas

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

 Serve as a primary technical operations interface to Program Management, senior leadership, and customers, ensuring alignment across programmatic, technical, and business objectives

 Define and drive engineering execution strategy, ensuring requirements baselines are established, maintained, and verified, and that technical performance is measured and managed through EVM, TPMs, and integrated program metrics

 Lead the identification, resolution, and closure of highly complex and systemic technical issues, often spanning multiple programs or organizations, while ensuring alignment with Modern Engineering practices and enterprise standards

 Operate with a high degree of autonomy, influencing technical direction, staffing strategies, and execution approaches across first line and functional leadership

 Serve as a senior technical authority, providing consultation to leadership in long range planning, capability development, and customer engagements, and may assume responsibilities aligned with Chief Engineer or Chief Architect roles where required

 Own engineering performance across multi program portfolios or highly complex program segments, ensuring alignment to technical, cost, schedule, and business objectives

 Serve as the primary technical advisor to Program Management and senior leadership, influencing decisions impacting program execution, technical baselines, and customer commitments

 Lead resolution of unusually complex and sensitive technical and programmatic issues, determining and executing courses of action critical to program success

 Drive enterprise level integration, ensuring coordination across engineering disciplines, suppliers, production, and support organizations

 Establish and maintain technical baselines, including requirements traceability, verification, and performance tracking through TPMs and EVM metrics

 Anticipate and mitigate cross program risks, including technical, cost, schedule, and staffing risks, with a forward looking, long range perspective

 Develop and influence engineering staffing strategies, working with functional leadership to secure and align resources to program needs

 Shape and support proposal development and business capture efforts, including technical strategy, staffing, and execution planning

 Ensure adherence to organizational processes and Modern Engineering practices, while driving improvements based on lessons learned and best practices

 Act as a liaison to external customers and stakeholders, representing engineering on significant technical and programmatic matters

 Mentor senior project engineers and emerging leaders, strengthening organizational capability and technical leadership

 Some travel will be required  foreign and/or domestic  for this role

** What's In It For You:*
* We are committed to supporting your work‑life balance and overall well‑being, offering flexible scheduling options  Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here  Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

- 12  years of relevant engineering experience, including leadership of complex engineering programs or major program elements

- Demonstrated experience with Earned Value Management  EVM , ETC tracking, and program…